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In 2018, the United Nations declared 3 June World Bicycle Day. Cycling represents a growing share of mobility. It is a healthy, green and flexible means of transport that helps achieve savings and generate jobs. However, a lot remains to be done when it comes to safety and suitable cycling infrastructure across the EU. Although the regulatory framework on cycling is determined at Member State level, with concrete action shaped locally, the EU provides best practice advice and financial support for ...

Technological advances and societal changes have triggered a drastic evolution in mobility. Alongside other trends, such as digitalisation, autonomous driving and shared mobility, electric mobility is also gaining momentum. Electric mobility could help the EU to achieve its goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, noise and dependence on oil. However, the extent of this help will depend on a number of factors, such as the share of electric vehicles in the overall vehicle fleet and ...

In 2015, China remained by far the major target of antidumping (AD) investigations initiated by the European Commission. With a total of 53 AD measures in force against imports from China in that year, the country ranked ahead of Indonesia (10), Malaysia (6), Russia (6), India (5) and Taiwan (5). All six new AD probes in 2015 concerned the country, although Russia and Taiwan were also targeted in two of those. AD duties imposed in past probes and expiring between 2016 and 2020 are concentrated in ...

Eine echte Verlagerung hin zu größerer Radmobilität kann erreicht werden durch fahrradpolitische Maßnahmen, die auf allen Ebenen der öffentlichen Verwaltung koordiniert werden. Aus Subsidiaritätsgründen liegt die Hauptverantwortung für die Fahrradpolitik auf nationaler und lokaler Ebene. Doch könnte die EU die Verstärkung dieser Anstrengungen unterstützen, indem sie ein Strategiedokument entwickelt, in dem alle Politikfelder mit Auswirkung auf den Radverkehr in einem Text zusammengefasst sind. In ...

As an everyday activity for millions of Europeans, cycling is increasing in importance in European society. In economic and social terms, it influences or impacts upon transport, mobility, environment and climate change, the economy and tourism. Currently, no cycling strategy exists at EU level. Cycling policies are a matter for Member States, which provide the regulatory frameworks and – in many cases – country-wide cycling programmes, while concrete actions are generated mostly at local or regional ...

The technical condition of vehicles deteriorates with use and age, and with poor maintenance. Proposals for improved roadworthiness of motor vehicles along common standards, and through reinforced technical inspections and additional roadside checks, are now under consideration by the European Parliament.

This study is a three-part impact assessment of amendments proposed by the IMCO Committee to three measures contained in the European Commission's proposal for a "Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheeled vehicles and quadricycles". The first part concerns the fitting of an anti-lock braking system (ABS), the second part concerns On-Board Diagnostic systems (OBD), and the third part the speeding-up of the introduction of subsequent stages of European emission standards ...

The objective of this briefing paper is (i) to provide an overview of the relevant market conditions in the motor vehicles (M category), the powered twowheelers (PTW; L-category) and the tractor (T category) sectors and (ii) to assess whether the requirements for access to Repair and Maintenance Information (RMI) within the proposals for Regulations on motorcycles 2010/0271(COD) (COM(2010)542) and tractors 2010/0212(COD) (COM(2010)395) require reconsideration in relation to their policy objective ...

Das vorliegende Themenpapier soll einen Überblick über die Probleme und Herausforderungen im Bereich Radverkehr vermitteln, wobei die wichtigsten städtischen Konzepte zur Förderung des Radfahrens und des Radverkehrs beschrieben werden. Es präsentiert eine Sammlung bewährter Verfahren in Sachen Straßeninfrastruktur und Abstellmöglichkeiten, Sicherheit für Radfahrer und Intermodalität. Zum Abschluss werden Empfehlungen für die EU und Kommunalbehörden gegeben.